Senior Backend Engineer II (Team Lead) - US Stocks
Core
Technical lead for a squad building the backend for trading US stocks, focusing on execution strategies, system reliability, and integrations with brokerage partners.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineer (team lead)
Builds
Backend services for US stock trading, including Smart Order Routing (SOR) logic and multi-venue execution strategies
Domain
Fintech / Securities Trading
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Java, Go, Microservices, Event-driven design, Kafka, Redis, Relational databases, Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS), CI/CD
Preferred skills
Brokerage/trading domain experience, API-first brokerage platform integration, Crypto exchange integration
Technologies
Java, Go, Kafka, Redis, GCP, AWS
Responsibilities
Lead technical design and code reviews, break down epics and manage delivery, build critical system components, enforce code quality and correctness standards, lead integrations with US brokerage partners, manage incident response and root cause analysis, mentor engineers, define API contracts and WebSocket streaming standards
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership